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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—F

Fly a Kite

(To). To send a begging letter to persons of a charitable reputation, or in easy circumstances, to solicit pecuniary aid, urging poverty, losses, or sickness as an excuse. (See Kite-Flying.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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